China Unicom to have iPhone 5 by end of 2012

The carrier says that it'll hAave the device within the next three months, joining China Telecom, which also be carrying the handset.

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(Credit: Apple)

Apple's iPhone 5 will come to China by the end of the year, a carrier in that country has confirmed.

China Unicom told Chinese technology site Sohu IT in an interview published yesterday that it'll launch the iPhone 5 within the next three months. The carrier didn't say exactly when the device will launch. Separately, China Telecom told the publication that it, too, will be carrying Apple's iPhone 5 around the same time.